The former PM faces a several hour-long grilling by MPs over claims he misled Parliament.
His legal team believes it should consider only whether he "deliberately" misled the Commons.Regulations versus guidance
That includes statements made on 1 December 2021, when Mr Johnson said "all guidance was followed completely in Number 10"; and on 8 December 2021, that "the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times". And they will scrutinise whether that advice was ever intended to form the basis of a statement to the House rather than simply be used as a line for dealing with press inquiries.
The committee is likely to spend some time on whether the PM was assiduous enough in taking advice on compliance - and this may determine whether they believe he was "reckless" or not.The committee has another line of attack - that Mr Johnson doesn't need to rely entirely on officials to know if rules were followed or flouted.
The committee, though, might also want to explore whether alarm bells should have rung in Mr Johnson's head about an event he didn't attend.
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